In memory of

Sergeant

George Henderson Pepper Buchanan

who died on 17 Aug 1941

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number R62170
  Date of death 19410817
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R62170 Sergeant (No. 78 Squadron RAF wireless air gunner) George Henderson Pepper Buchanan (b.1915) of Saskatoon was KIA 19410817 and is buried at Jonkerbos war cemetery near Nijmegen, Netherlands. Buchanan's Whitley aircraft went missing over Holland. He was the son of George and Jean (Brown) Pepper of Lanark, Lanark Co., Ontario. From the age of four he was raised by his uncle and aunt Robert Marks and Mary (Pepper) Buchanan and legally adopted their name in 1939. George was a graduate of Victoria school and Nutana collegiate and was working as a clerk and salesman in his foster father's insurance agency when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1940. He married Ina Mable Clara (Larson) of Saskatoon early in 1941.
       A Glossary of abbreviations to help understand the terms used is available.
Images
  Please click here if you can share a photograph or document relating to this individual.
Additional information
  Links to other web pages Please contact us if you know of a web link about this casualty.
  Pages on our Blog Please click here if you would like to create a Blog page for this casualty.
Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Jonkerbos war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

Please click here to view the cemetery/memorial information on Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Buchanan Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.8333°N / 107.9°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74O13
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Ena Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19150110
  Place of birth Lanark, Lanark Co, Ontario    
  Date of enlistment 19400620
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation salesman
Copyright Information
  The information above is Copyright © Saskatchewan War Memorial Project; all rights reserved. Permission is granted to use this information for personal use and for use in a school classroom environment only. For all other uses, please submit a request through the Contact Form.